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Butcher's
Dog! Regular outdoor
fitness tips from the canine on creatine. Cold wet nose and
glossy coat guaranteed.
Protein Aids
Recovery
If you've been training or working hard -
and you have, haven't you - you should know about the post
workout30-60 minute glycogen window. It's the time, post
training, when you're muscles are desperate for energy
replenishment.
Training causes damage to muscles as well
as depletion of glycogen and feeding their hunger at this
time has a disproportionate impact on recovery. So far so
good, but to turbocharged the process, what you need to do
is add protein to the carbohydrate - think bread, pasta,
potatoes etc - that you normally go for.
Why? At a ratio of about one to four in
weight - that's one gramme of protein for each four of
carbohydrate - glycogen synthesis is improved by around a
third. Cool stuff.
In real life, it means you should make a
big effort to eat a mix of carbo and protein as soon as
possible after hard exercise. You can actually buy purpose
made revovery drinks and bars - High5 and SIS both make them
and the High 5 bars actually taste great - but something
like a chicken sandwich, a low-fat cream cheese bagel or
even chocolate milk do just as good a job.
Me, I stick to Pedigree Chum on wholemeal
bread, but then I am a dog.
Woof!
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